Disaster Site Safety Guide
 
This guide is an aeesntial tool for personnel who must enter disaster areas to work or assess the damage.  MBA does not recommend that anyone enter a disaster area unless they have an understanding of the risks and hazards they may encounter/
 
 
Disaster Preparedness and Planning Guide
 
Use this guide to understand the basics of disaster risk assessment and preparedness planning.  This overview will give you a fundamental understanding of this process
 
 
Documentation and Paperwork for Disaster Recovery
 
This guide covers the fundamental basis of documenting and recording your loss.  The guide gives you a window into the documentation necessary to satisfy insurnace carriers, FEMA and other government agencies.
 
The Insurance Claims Process
The Insurance Claims Process Guide gives an overview of the maze of filing a claim, and how to deal with the intricacies of the claims process.  The guide gives you insights into the process that will hdop expedite your claim.
 
The Disaster Recovery Contract Process
This guide exposes the bias of the restoration contract, explains the various formats and offers alternatives that are invaluable in the process of recovery.
 
The Complete Set of Disaster Recovery Resources Guides [includes all 5 guides]
This comprehensive set of resource guides is inclusive of all five guides and also contains
forms and checklists for helping control cost and reduce the time it takes to recover.
 
MBA Restoration Service Contract
 
In the aftermath of the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons, MBA helped property owners recover more than 25 million dollars in excessive and fraudulent charges. This amount would have doubled if property owners had not been willing to sign the contract presented by the restoration contractor. Many of these documents are notorious for the inherent excesses and abuse that they perpetrate. MBA encourages you to look after your own interests and do not become a victim of the recovery as well as a victim of the disaster.
 
We are most vulnerable in the aftermath of disaster. The stress and sense of urgency make us susceptible to any offer of assistance. We are inclined to accept any assistance offered without understanding the terms and conditions of the offer, and, this is where, this is when, it happens. We sign a contract that is a one sided manifestation of evil designed to extract the maximum amount of money in the shortest period of time. And, by the time we realize it we have squandered away our resources and we still have not recovered.
 
The MBA Contract is an unbiased third party contract that establishes a standard of good faith and fair dealing for the property owner and the contractor alike. This contract was designed by the most experienced and knowledge professionals in the disaster recovery industry and it establishes a balanced agreement that protects all parties. This contract is available on line simply by accessing the application, entering the details pertinent to your project and printing out the contract ready for your authorization and the contractors.
 
· Protect yourself from the excesses and abuses inherent in the Restoration Service Contract
· Establish a standard of good faith and fair dealing for your recovery project
· Go on line and enter the detail pertinent to your project and print out the contract
· Don’t become a victim of the recovery as well as the victim of the disaster.
· Don’t make the mistake of signing a contract presented by a restoration contractor. This contract is not designed to protect you.
· Use the MBBA Restoration Service Contract to control costs
 
 
CE eCourse Disaster Site Safety Course
Understand the risks and hazards you may encounter in a disaster area. Learn the precautions you should take to protect youself and your staff and avoid unnecessary risks.
 
CE eCourse Controlling Cost With The Contract
 
This course shows how cost control is a function of the contract. What restoration contracts do to exploit the disaster, and how a third party contract can end this abuse.
 
CE eCourse Moisture Dynamics Course
 
A course on the cause and effect of moisture damage in buildings. This course is an essential resource for the adjuster and the property owner in the resolution of moisture problems.
 
CE eCourse Ethics Course
 
A fresh look at the basics of the ethics question and application of our responsibilities in the claims process. This course fulfills the licensing requirements for TDI.
 
MBA Disaster Recovery Guide for Home Owners
This guide to the recovery process is designed to help homeowners understand the recovery process. How to document their loss, how to control cost with a third party contract, how the claims process works so they will be better prepared to work with their insurance carrier, and it explains the risks and hazards they may encounter in a disaster environment. Many adjusters, risk managers and Human Resource officers recommend this book to their customers and personnel.
 
Companies may wish to offer this guide to their insured’s and their personnel who have experienced a catastrophic loss. This guide helps everyone understand how to the claims process works and how to work their way through it. Ask MBA about volume purchases for distribution to your insured’s and personnel.